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TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
The total number of deaths in this group was 308; of which
Phthisis caused 236, nearly eight per cent, of the total mortality
from all causes. In six instances the immediate cause of death
was stated to be bleeding from the lungs.
The deaths from the tubercular group of diseases formed 10½
per cent, of the mortality from all causes, and corresponded to a
rate of 2.3 per 1000 population.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Fifty-six infants died because they were prematurely born; 16
others could not live as their lungs never properly expanded; and
11 were so deformed as to render them incapable of living; of these
five had deformed, hearts, three deformed spines, one an imperforate
anus, another a deformed liver, and a third a deformed
brain.
One hundred and twelve old people died from natural decay.
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Under this head 306 deaths were returned, 10 per cent, of the
total mortality; a rate of 2.3 per 1000 population.
Acute Inflammatory Diseases of the Brain caused 62 deaths;
167 persons died from Chronic Brain Disease; 79 infants died
from Convulsions. The convulsive diseases of infants (a group
which, in addition to those just mentioned, includes Hydrocephalus
and Dentition), caused 125 deaths, a mortality of 25 per 1000
births, or 16 per cent, of the total infantile deaths from all causes
(see Table IV).
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
The deaths from this group of diseases, exclusive of Phthisis,
were 756, about oneTfourth of the total mortality from all causes,
and corresponded to a rate of 5.7 per 1000 population. This